Bio of KELLEY, Louis E. (b.1854), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 402-405
LOUIS E. KELLEY
Through the greater part of his residence in Minneapolis, covering many years,
Louis E. Kelley was connected with the mortgage loan business and his steady
rise to the plane of affluence marked the capability which he displayed in the
conduct of his affairs and the sound judgment which characterized all of his
loans and investments. Mr. Kelley came to the west from New England, his birth
having occurred near Brattleboro, Vermont, April 10, 1854, his parents being Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Kelley. He acquired his education in the schools of
his native state, supplementing his early training by a high school course and
also work in a commercial college.
In the fall of 1874 Mr. Kelley arrived in Minneapolis and initiated his business
career here by entering the employ of the Spink Plumbing Supply House as a
book­keeper, there remaining for five years. He afterward became the junior
partner of his brother, Austin F. Kelley, in a mortgage loan business, with
which he was identi­fied until 1885, when he withdrew on account of failing
health and went to California, spending about one year on the Pacific coast and
returning in 1886. He then again entered the mortgage loan business in
connection with his brother, with whom he was once more associated for three
years, when in the fall of 1896 he retired from the firm of A. F. & L. E. Kelley
and opened an office independently, conducting the business under his own name
until a few years prior to his death, when he joined E. A. Thayer, who was also
engaged in the mortgage loan business. Their interests were merged under the
name of the E. A. Thayer Mortgage Loan Company and Mr. Kelley remained a member
of that corporation to the time of his demise, which occurred on the 30th of
March, 1919. Throughout the long years of his connection with this field of
busi­ness he made steady progress, displaying notably sound judgment in all that
he undertook, and carried his plans steadily forward to successful completion.
On the 13th of Octbber, 1880, Mr. Kelley was married to Miss Florence Belle
Horton, a daughter of J. H. and Helen (Scrimgeour) Horton. The Hortons came from
New York at an early date and the Scrimgeour family also arrived here in pioneer
times, the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Kelley having been one of the early
pioneer citizens and wholesale grocers. Her father was a contractor, prominent
in his field of labor. Three sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kelley: F. Arthur,
Louis H. and Kenneth E. The eldest is a mining engineer, while the second son is
president of the Walton Agency, Incorporated, and Kenneth is a student in the
University of Min­nesota. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1917 and served for
two years in the Sixth Regiment of Marines, which made a most notable record on
the western front. He participated in the ever memorable battle of Belleau Wood,
where he was in the front ranks and in the hardest of the fighting. It was on
this sector where the Ameri­cans checked the German advance and turned the tide
of battle, putting the Huns on a retreat that was never stopped until they had
crossed the Rhine. He was after­ward honorably discharged in May, 1919.
In religious faith Mr. Kelley was an Episcopalian, attending St. Paul's church.
In politics he was a stanch republican. Mr. Kelley was a charter member of the
Commercial Club. He commanded the esteem and confidence of his fellowmen by
reason of his loyalty to principle and his close adherence to high business
standards and his sterling worth was attested by all with whom he came into
contact. He was a resident of Minneapolis during the greater part of the time
for a period of forty-five years and thus lived to witness much of the growth
and development of the city, while his activity and enterprise gained for him a
place of prominence in financial circles.